Association of hypertension with beta2- and alpha2c10-adrenergic receptor genotype.

doi:10.1161/01.hyp.27.6.1210

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Association of hypertension with beta2- and alpha2c10-adrenergic receptor genotype.

Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jun 1996

Svetkey L P, Timmons P Z, Emovon O, Anderson N B, Preis L, Chen Y T

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The adrenergic receptors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. We hypothesized that hypertension is associated with variants at the beta2-adrenergic receptor locus and at one of the alpha2-adrenergic receptor loci. In unrelated individuals, we measured untreated bloo...

Topics

Adult
Black People
Blood Pressure
Female
Genotype
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
White People

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